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Ancient trees to visit in Great Britain

East Anglia

Essex, , , Cambridgeshire.

Henk van Boeschoten & Hanneke de Bruijn 2008-2009

Near Chelsford

1. Chilean plum yew (1,73m), Around fused stems. Roadside fence of TA Offices, Springfield road Road: 51°44'14.6"N 0°29'04.9"E

2. Elm (4,71m), Fardings farm, Terling Roadside 51°48'07.5"N 0°35'13.2"E

3. (4 hugs), Terling (e.g. next to footpath or road) 51°48'21.42"N 0°34'03.54"E

4. Pyrenean Oak (3,2m) Hylands House & Park, Road, Widford Near lightfoot spring in Park. 51°42'39.5"N 0°26'13.9"E

5. Yew (5,24m) Fryerning, W of Parish Church, Saint Mary the Virgin. .51°40'33.2"N 0°22'08.2"E

6. Lime (2.67m), Danbury Ridge Reserves, Danbury. Found on Woodland trust site. Hornbeam 2.01m, Sessile Oak 3.16m, 2,67m, 12.6m. 51°43'18.88"N, 0°35'11.84"E 7. Pedunculate Oak (7,09 m), Danbury Sweet Chestnut (6m) Common beech(5,47m) 51°42'49.3"N 0°33'46.1"E

8. Sessile Oak, (6,90m), , Beeleigh farm. Pollard by london Road near Beeleigh farm. 51°43'54.4"N 0°39'08.7"E

9. Pedunculate oak Ancient trees, along the Found on Woodland trust site. Near to the S-E: Ash, 4.2m, Pedunculate oak 4.98m, 6.03m, To the W: White willow 6.28m, field maple 1,63m, 51°44'37.33"N, 0°37'2.17"O

10. Hybrid Elm (4,7m) Nounsley Laneside 51°45'33.7"N0°35'39.3"E

11. Judas tree (2,32) Riffhams farm, Little Baddow 51°43'39.3"N 0°33'42.1"E

12. Smooth-Leaved Elm (4,55 m) Termitts farm, Hatfield Peverel in hedge by footpath 51°47'10.6"N 0°35'16.1"E 13. Small Leaved Lime 4.19m, Boreham, Essex. Found on Woodland trust site. Public - partial access (e.g. next to footpath or road), Hedgerow. 51°46'16.15"N, 0°33'2.75"E

14. Elms, Burnham-on-Crouch. , Essex (old) Elm survivors over the peninsula. In hedgerows and near the road adult elms growing. Smooth- leaved Elm. 51°40'4.57"N 0°50'17.69"E

15. Black Popular (World’s End), Roydon, , Essex. Roydon is on the Essex/Herts border near Harlow. Drive up the lane leading from the top of the High Street & park by the allotments(volkstuin). Take the bridleway on the lefty into the open countryside and after 600 yards (548,64 m) turn left after crossing the stream. Keep along the field edge for 860 yard (786,38 m). The tree is just before the path reaches a track. Other Black Populars can be seen on the way Parking place: 51°46'15.47"N 00°02'26.48"E

16. Harlow town park A wide range of trees 51°46'40.3"N 0°06'02.6"E

17. London plane (6,97m), Passmores House, third avenue, Harlow. Museum. In back garden. 51°45'46.0"N 0°05'15.2"E 18. Ash, 6.25 m , Essex Woodland trust. Pollard. Public accessibility. Next to pad or road. 51°48'44.54"N, 0°13'47.15"E

19. Pedunculate Oak 8.12m, Down Hall Country House/Park, Hatfield Heath. Found on Woodland Trust site. Oak, 4.2 m, 51°47'41.86"N, 0°12'29.31"E

20. Pendunculate Oak (11,39m), Barrington Hall, Oak with burrs. 51°50'11.1"N 0°14'52.8"E

21. Ancient Trees, Hatfield Forest, Takeley, Essex. Old forest with ancient Hornbeam Pollards, still Coppiced. Veteran Pedunculate Oak 9.6m, 12.56m Parking place: 51°51'20.86"N, 0°14'0.89"E

22. Sycamore(5,55m), Little Hallingbury, Essex Found on Woodland trust site. 51°50'6.51"N, 0°10'44.39"E

23. Hornbeam (4,22m) Woodside Green, pollard at edge of Wall wood. 51°50'39.2"N 0°12'36.1"E 24. Oriental Plane (5,87m) Audley End House and Gardens, English Heritage, regularly open 52°01'16.5"N0°13'11.1"E

25. Persian Ironwood (1,09m) Easton Lodge, Sometimes open. A range of trees planted in the 20th century by an Dendrologist Main Season Open Days 2016: (NB we are not open to the general public at any other time ) 24 April, 22 May, 26 June, 24 July, 21 August, 18 September, 16 October 51°53'33.2"N 0°18'31.3"E

26. Burry Maiden Oak, 9,86m Pedunculate Oak, Easton Park, Little Easton Near footpath 51°53'20.35"N, 0°19'31.01"E

27. Crack Willow (6,59m) Pollard on green near school 51°53'10.2"N 0°21'17.5"E

28. Wild Black Popular (4,67m) Great Yeldham The White hart, By Colne 52°00'37.6"N 0°33'57.7"E

29. Pedunculate Oak 9.68m, Stebbing Green. Across lane from porter's Hall by pond. Pollard, visible from public access 51°53'08.7"N 0°26'16.7"E 30. Cappadocian Maple (2,91m) Braintree & Bocking Public Gardens on St Peters road. W side by thatched summerhouse 51°52'56.4"N 0°33'10.8"E

31. Tulip tree (4,96m) Daws hall, Lamarsh regularly open, rare young trees 51°59'48.4"N 0°44'51.3"E

32. Box (1,44m) Garden House, White Notley viewable church St Etheldreda 51°50'03.1"N 0°35'22.9"E

33. Pedunculate Oak (8.61m), Wolemia nobilis, Markshall Garden arboretum,Estate Marks hall road, , Essex. Parkland, Pollard. Oak, service Tree 3.14m, alder 2.4m, Field Maple 2.4m. Postcode CO6 1TG 51°53'42.3"N 0°40'31.4"E

34. Arboretum Salling Hall, Great Salling Open daily,. Established by writer and dendrologist Hugh Johnson. Near camping Golden Grove 51°54'09.1"N 0°28'24.0"E

Near Colchester

35. Austrian pine (5,27m) Colchester Cemetry 51°52'20.8"N 0°54'32.0"E 36. Arboretum, Feeringbury manor, Feering A young one 51°51'32.3"N 0°42'35.6"E

37. Pedunculate Oak, 7m, , Essex Pollard on Village green. River/estuary in town. 51°50'45.81"N, 0°56'35.40"E

38. Ponderosa Pine (3,86m), Lexden Park, Church Lane, Colchester 51°53'16.0"N 0°51'47.7"E

39. Giant Sequoia (8,32m), Milsoms Hotel, Stratford road, Dedham 51°57'39.0"N 0°58'24.3"E

Near

40. Old knobbly (8,54m), (Ancient Oak), , Manningtree, Essex. The magnificent old survivor of an pollard oak. 1000 years old. On the edge of the village lies a beautiful woodland. You can walk in to the wood directly from the village or approach across the nearby rec. field. Parking place: 51°56'27.16"N, 1°5'6.62"E

41. Stour Wood, Copperas Bay, Ramsey, road, Essex Sweet Chestnut Coppice wood still active 51°56'2.47"N, 1°11'5.33"E 42. White Willow (7,25m), Ramsey pollard by stream near sewage works 51°56'09.9"N 1°13'47.9"E

43. Staverton Park, Butley, Woodbridge, Suffolk.(The Thicks) On the B-road from Butley. Old medieval park. Old veteran pollard and huge Holly trees. At least 300 years old. 52° 6'7.53"N, 1°27'0.15"E

44. Pedunculate Oak, 8.02m, Saint Osyth, Essex Found on Woodland trust site. Parkland, St Osyth Priory, Tree Register of the British Isles. Sweet Chestnut 6.36m, Other P oaks, White willow 5.5m. 51°47'55.79"N, 1° 4'34.53"E

45. Holm Oak (5,58m) Saint Osyth, Essex Cemetery. Near gate 51°48'16.1"N 1°05'00.6"E

46. Caucasian Wingnut (3,98m) , Southend-on-Sea Priory Park, Park with good trees. W of formal garden 51°33'11.8"N 0°42'13.1"E

47. Field Maple (4,52m) Downham Pollard, N of Church St Margaret 51°37'47.6"N 0°29'51.6"E

48. Yew (4,77m) Great burstead S of parish church.Saint Mary Magdalene 51°36'14.6"N 0°25'30.4"E 49. Oak 4.6m, The Old Park/Thorndon C'ntry Park, Bentwood, Essex Silver Birch 3,73m. Lord Petre grew many Exotic trees here in the 18th century 51°35'54.49"N, 0°19'35.54"E

50. Hornbeam (5,8m), North Weald Country Park, Brentwood, Essex. Open Acces, former deer park with Ancient trees. Hornbeam is a very hollow pollard near Iron age hill-fort. 51°37'43.0"N 0°15'37.4"E

51. Hungarian Oak (4,52m) , Brentwood on Shenfield Common. 51°37'00.7"N 0°18'45.7"E

52. Historic Garden, Warley place, Great Warley Garden of Ellen Willmott. Now an essex Wildlife and Nature Trust Reserve. Umbrella callifornia. 51°35'36.7"N 0°17'03.8"E

Near Epping

53. Beech Pollard (7,44m), , NE London. From Chelmsford A414 to Harlow, turn right at Tyler’s Green, follow the signs to Epping Forest. Largest essamblage of Veteran old beech and Hornbeam Pollards. Near old St Paul's churchyard: 51°39'15.4"N 0°02'09.9"E 54. Ancient beech 7.3 m, Epping Forest Part 2 Near High Beach 51°39'40.0"N 0°02'13.7"E

55. Hybrid Cockspur thorn, 2.07m, Churchyard, Urban Tree, Tree Register of the British Isles. Thorn, S edge of abbey Precinct, Black cottonwood (36m) in front of rectory, next to Abbey. 51°41'22.30"N, 0° 0'0.56"W

56. Bolle's Popular (3,64m), on green near station 51°37'04.7"N 0°04'34.5"E

57. Horse Chestnut 5.34m, Whitewebbs House Enfield, Crews Hill, Essex. Found on Woodland Trust Site 51°40'45.57"N, 0° 4'45.99"W

Norfolk

58. Beech Pollard, , Norfolk. Great old beach wood. Felbrigg Great Wood. Exist at least 400 years. 52°55'8.64"N, 1°15'25.14"O

59. Bale Oak, Bale, Fakenham, Norfolk. From Fakenham the A148 to Cromer. Old sculptured oak and Holm Oak(steen eik) 52°53'26.08"N, 0°59'13.52"O

60. Kett´s Oak, Hethersett, , Norfolk. before the `Hethersett` village sign, park in the lay-by on the left. Kett´s oak is at Hethersett end of this lay- by. 52°35'15.48"N, 1° 9'21.08"O

61. Hethel Old Thorn, Hethel,Norwich, Norfolk. Limited parking is available on the verge near the church. The Thorn can be found about 330 Yards (301,75 m) down the public footpath from the church. Access is over a stile. 52°33'28.42"N, 1°12'2.78"O

62. Thetford Forest Park, Thetford and Brandon, Norfolk. 52°25'58.14"N, 0°39'31.24"O

63. Deal Rows (Scots Pine) The Breckland, Cockley Cley, Swaffham, Norfolk An outgrown hedge of Scots Pine. Deal is a name for sawn Pine timber. 52°36'11.21"N, 0°39'5.27"O

Cambridgeshire

64. Elm, Whaddon, Royston, Cambridgeshire. 52° 5'56.74"N, 0° 1'56.05"W

65. London Plane, Ely, Cambridgeshire (privet property). The Old Bishop´s Palace is now called Sue Ryder Care Home, is in the centre of Ely, on Palace Green, close to the magnificent Cathedral. keeping the Cathedral on the left, and the Old Palace on the right. The Garden is open on 2 d/Y, Nat.Gardens Sch Visiting at other times by appointment only (phone: 01353667686). 52°23'52.90"N, 0°15'43.10"O

66. Cambridge University Botanical Garden, Cory Lodge, Bateman Street, Cambridge. Cambridge University Botanical Garden is situated 1 mile (1,6 km) south of the city centre, with the entrance on Bateman Street off Trumping Road(A1134). The Dawn Redwood can be found on the south/western edge of the lake. The garden is open all year round and there is a modest (mild) admission charge. 52°11'42.96"N, 0° 7'35.20"O

67. Yew, Cambridge town. Next to famous bridge over water. University buildings. 52°12'30.12"N, 0° 6'56.05"O

68. London Plane, Church hemingford grey, Cambridgeshire. Old London plane, next to Old Church and river. 52°19'15.90"N, 0° 6'18.82"W 69. Willows, Hemingford Abbots, Cambridgeshire. Old Bend over Willows, looks like ancient creatures. 52°19'11.61"N, 0° 6'38.09"W

70. Sweet Chestnut 8.66m, Burghley House/Park, Stamford, Cambridgeshire Found on Woodland Trust site. Large Leaved Lime 9.15m (The Queen Elizabeth Tree) Old Large House/ Park.52°38'42.40"N, 0°27'21.67"W

Rutland

71. Beech DEAD, Wakerly Great Wood, Wakerly, Fineshade, Corby, . Close to the A43. Part of Rockingham forest. Medieval beeches. A massive Beech with a root plate as a Rock… CUTDOWN 52°34'36.09"N, 0°34'52.23"W

72. Yew,???? whitwell, Rutland parish church 52°40'07.9"N 0°38'08.4"W

73. Queen Elizabeth Lime, 9,15m Burghley park, Stamford, Rutland. Barnack Rd, Stamford. large-leaved lime, zomerlinde (Tilia platyphyllos), planted by the Queen Elisabeth. 425 years old. Is on privet ground in front of the Burghley house. In the park are more old trees, sweet chestnut allee (9,17m). (Vistied 2012) 52°38'42.0"N 0°27'21.4"W

74. Penduculate Oak (7,94m) Burley Wood, Burley Thickest trunk 52°41'16.4"N 0°41'30.6"W

75. Smooth leaved Elm (4,61 m) Pilton Overhaning lane. Just S of Village 52°36'46.1"N 0°38'57.7"W

Northamptonshire

76. Lime, in Woodland by Elton, Northamptonshire Found on Woodland trust site. Woodland: The Ferns Bridlepath / footpath, Woodland. Near river Neme 52°31'8.69"N, 0°24'8.64"W

77. Panshanger Great Oak, Panshanger, Hertfordshire. (Private property). Growing in Privet Property in Hertfordshire, the Oak can be viewed by appointment. Visiting arrangement can be made by Lafarge Aggregates on 01992512711 Parking place: 51°48'13.11"N, 0°7'39.49"W